Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] SRF and 960 (was CFFX etc)

["Saul Chernos" <sauldx@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

calls are WHAK and it's Rogers City. You're likely thinking of WATZ 99.3 in 
Alpena, which Ioften hear at Burnt River ON. WHAK is a frequent visitor, 
almost always there. I don't think I should be hearing it so often with such 
a great signal, often well into the evening, as late as midnight. They are 
listed as 5000w DA-D D on 100000 watts.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Miller, KJ8O" <ab8yp@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <am@xxxxxxxxxxx>; "IRCA MW List" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] SRF and 960 (was CFFX etc)


> That would be "WATZ" in Alpena Michigan, heard
> infrequently from my home in Troy.
>
> Great catch!!!
>
> JM
>
>
> --- Saul Chernos <sauldx@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Thanks. I'm sitting on 960 on the SRF-59 and am
>> getting Thunder Country on
>> 960. They really are pounding WFIR Roanoke VA.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Joe Miller, KJ8O" <ab8yp@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <am@xxxxxxxxxxx>; "IRCA MW List"
>> <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 8:03 PM
>> Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] Re: [IRCA] QSL??? DX test CFFX
>> 960
>>
>>
>> > Saul,
>> >
>> > First of all a big "Thank You" is in order for
>> your
>> > efforts. Even though this is new territory for
>> you, I
>> > think you are doing very well.
>> >
>> > Second, when you ask about earlier loggings of
>> CFFX
>> > 960 Kingston, I can quite happily say that I have
>> > heard them a few times from my home in Troy,
>> Michigan.
>> > If you need more precise data, I can refer to my
>> > current logbook which I started in 1999.
>> >
>> > 73 my friend, and Happy New Year
>> >
>> > Joe
>> >
>> >
>> > --- Saul Chernos <sauldx@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I should give some background as far as QSLs and
>> >> CFFX are concerned. The
>> >> station is doing us a favour. The station had
>> >> received an e-mail from
>> >> someone else, and the engineer was sitting on it,
>> >> when I contacted him, by
>> >> chance, by telephone. The engineer was extremely
>> >> friendly, and explained
>> >> that he had the request on file, but has been
>> VERY
>> >> busy overseeing the
>> >> transition of 960 to 104.3. He was concerned
>> about
>> >> the number of reports
>> >> he'd receive adding to an already very difficult
>> >> workload. I explained that
>> >> our BCB test committee could handle the
>> responses,
>> >> if he wished, and also
>> >> supply test material. He took us up on this, and
>> has
>> >> been very nice to deal
>> >> with. Soon afterwards, he expressed the desire to
>> >> see the reports and
>> >> respond. We talked a bit about the report's he'd
>> had
>> >> from Europe, and my
>> >> guess is that he appreciated hearing from us
>> DXers
>> >> because he cared about
>> >> his signal. Anyhow, we'll get him the cards, or
>> >> whatever it is that a BCB TC
>> >> volunteer is designing (I've seen a mock-up, very
>> >> nice) as we speak. The
>> >> only experience I've had with QSLing a DX test in
>> >> this cyber-age was last
>> >> year's MT DX test on 750. It came via e-mail, as
>> an
>> >> attachment, and is
>> >> treasured in my DX files. I don't collect QSLs
>> >> anymore (used to) but I
>> >> landed this one simply as a matter of course
>> after
>> >> seeking to confirm music
>> >> and other test content that I'd heard. The eQSL
>> sure
>> >> looks real to me, and
>> >> has found it's way into my age-old QSL paper
>> file.
>> >> Anyhow, I really want to
>> >> respect the CE's original wishes, and his clearly
>> >> stated concerns. I want to
>> >> make this as easy on him as possible, simply as a
>> >> matter of respect. We're
>> >> finalizing details on how the QSLing will be
>> done,
>> >> but my plan is to ask
>> >> that reports be sent to BOTH of us, so that if he
>> >> wants out and/or gets
>> >> busy, I can take over, and so that I can
>> >> double-check for any reports that
>> >> might appear suspect. Folks, we're dealing in
>> this
>> >> case with an engineer who
>> >> is doing us a favour at the very moment he will
>> be
>> >> busy ... a scant few
>> >> hours after the test, he will be turning off 960
>> and
>> >> relying solely on his
>> >> FM to carry the station forward. Anyhow, I need
>> to
>> >> work out some QSL
>> >> logistics with the test committee. This is new
>> >> territory for me. If there's
>> >> something any of you feel should be done, and it
>> >> isn't being done, then
>> >> don't just complain -- offer some kind of help -
>> big
>> >> or small, your time,
>> >> technical advice/help, actual resources, whatever
>> -
>> >> to help get it done.
>> >>
>> >> I'm not the list moderator, but I do ask that we
>> >> move the discussion to
>> >> something more useful. I'm curious -- who has
>> >> previously heard CFFX, and
>> >> where?
>> >>
>> >> Saul
>> >>
>> >>
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